Consumption, phthisis, the white plague—a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ...

In the U.S., dysentery is commonly associated with 19th-century pioneers traveling on the Oregon Trail — thanks in large part ...

Nearly 150 years ago, a physician scientist named Theodor Escherich isolated a rod-shaped bacterium from the gut of an infant. That bacterium was E. coli, and it would go on to revolutionize science.

A highly contagious disease is alarmingly on the rise in one US state. Cases of dysentery, also called shigellosis, are ...

Clostridium botulinum is a rod-shaped bacteria that produces lethal toxins under low-oxygen conditions that can cause botulism, leading to difficulty breathing, respiratory and muscle paralysis ...

What is Bacillus cereus? Bacillus cereus is a gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly found in soil, vegetation, and food. It is known for producing two types of toxins: those causing ...

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc, a leading provider of life science research and clinical diagnostics solutions, has unveiled the ...

The artificial cell’s “birth length," as Weady described it, was about two micrometers by one micrometer and resembled a rod-shaped bacterium like Escherichia coli. The particles grew in proportion to ...

monocytogenes in food samples." L. monocytogenes, a rod-shaped Gram-positive bacterium widely distributed in nature, can contaminate foods and has a high mortality rate of 20–30%. Rapid and ...